Job Description

Sab Vacancies – ZONE TECHNICAL EXPERT

About the Role

The ZONE TECHNICAL EXPERT is responsible for driving technical excellence, performance optimization, and continuous improvement across breweries. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to elevate packaging standards, improve asset performance, reduce losses, and accelerate innovation through world-class manufacturing and VPO practices within AB InBev.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Promote and support safe working practices across breweries.
• Drive VPO implementation and performance improvement initiatives across line, plant, and process capability studies.
• Maintain and enhance packaging standards, quality systems, methods, knowledge bases, and benchmarks.
• Support the delivery of strategic projects including innovation, cost reduction, new packaging materials, and new technologies.
• Enable breweries to reduce losses across processes, packaging, energy, and water usage, including championing improvement initiatives.
• Support the full cycle of operational performance target setting, tracking, and delivery.
• Increase brewery capacity through Capex delivery and debottlenecking initiatives.
• Partner with Brewing, Logistics, Packaging, Maintenance, and Innovation teams to deliver strategic programs and projects.
• Support zone-level value engineering and innovation initiatives.

Technical Knowledge

• Specialized expertise in packaging processes and quality standards.
• In-depth knowledge of packaging maintenance processes and standards.
• Strong understanding of packaging GOPs and toolkits.
• Ability to conduct detailed data analysis and lead ITF initiatives.
• Lead best-in-class benchmarking and support implementation on priority packaging lines.
• Define and execute innovation strategies, including competitive benchmarking.
• Identify technical and operational risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Improve packaging maintenance and asset management through predictive maintenance and performance reporting.
• Develop and continuously enhance KPIs to measure value engineering and performance benefits.

Continuous Improvement

• Strong VPO knowledge with advanced problem-solving capability.
• Lead and support value engineering projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive data-led decision-making and performance tracking.

Key Attributes & Competencies

• Ability to lead cross-functional, multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Strong project scoping, execution planning, and team structuring skills.
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder engagement capability.
• Ownership mindset with a strong track record of driving sustainable change.
• Clear, impactful communication that ensures understanding and alignment.

Minimum Requirements

• University degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• GCC Factories is an added advantage.
• Experience in Engineering Specialist roles within FMCG.
• 2–3 years’ experience in an FMCG environment.
• Strong knowledge of packaging processes and quality systems, including tools such as SAP, Power BI, Grafana, and Flow.
• Experience with world-class manufacturing principles.
• Strong understanding of packaging production processes end to end.
• Ability to define, develop, and execute testing plans for new technologies and infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of KPIs and how they drive business performance.

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